[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3394]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit for marine mammals.

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SUMMARY: The following permits were issued.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted for these 
applications are available for review by any party who submits a 
written request to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of 
Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, 
Virginia 22203; fax (703) 358-2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Division of Management Authority, 
telephone 703/358-2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 2002, a notice was published in 
the Federal Register (volume 67 FR 44873), that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Charles A. Dorrance for a 
permit (PRT-058414) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport 
hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear population, Canada, 
for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 15, 2003, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On July 9, 2002, a notice was published in the Federal Register 
(volume 67 FR 45530), that an application had been filed with the Fish 
and Wildlife Service by William A. Jardel, Jr., for a permit (PRT-
054887) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted prior 
to May 31, 2000, from the M'Clintock Channel polar bear population, 
Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 15, 2003, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On December 24, 2002, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (volume 67 FR 78504), that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Scott B. Vee for a permit (PRT-065351) 
to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted from the 
Western Hudson Bay polar bear population, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 23, 2003, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

    Dated: January 24, 2003.
Charles S. Hamilton,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management 
Authority.
[FR Doc. 03-3394 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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